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51. The Long Dark Hall (1951)
86 min | Crime, Drama
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Directors: Reginald Beck, Anthony Bushell | Stars: Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Tania Heald, Henrietta Barry
Votes: 507
52. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery
Algy, Bulldog Drummond's right-hand-man, is getting married. Bulldog attends; on the way home, in the fog, he enters the (apparently deserted) mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a phone.... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Warner Oland, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 459
53. I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pair of crooks (von Stroheim and Lorre) use a phony countess (Zorina) who winds up falling in love with one of their victims (Greene).
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre
Votes: 389
54. Chad Hanna (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with Albany the star equestrian rider. Later he falls in love with Caroline another runaway who becomes the Circus' new bareback rider.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 348
55. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
56. Everybody Does It (1949)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, Charles Coburn
Votes: 321
57. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 293
58. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him honor the tradition of returning to the tables.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 281
59. How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
Two girls on the lam hide out in a college fraternity.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Votes: 276
60. Baby Face Harrington (1935)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime
Willie Harrington is a wimpy small-town bookkeeper at a bank who unwittingly gets involved with the country's toughest gangster and his gang, and he gets suspected of being the leader of ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 276
61. Thanks a Million (1935)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 272
62. Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world... See full summary »
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Monty Woolley, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Sara Allgood
Votes: 252 | Gross: $0.20M
63. Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops, her husband - encouraged by an amorous professional singer - tries opera and also flops.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero
Votes: 250
64. Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, History, Romance
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Cesar Romero
Votes: 242
65. The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
105 min | Comedy
A producer is obsessed with turning his wife into a sexy star, ignoring her needs, and prompting her to return to France, where she becomes attracted to an attentive pilot, and ensuing a revenge plot by a jealous husband, that goes astray.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick
Votes: 240
66. Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy
A bored housewife seeks help from a psychiatrist who also solves his own emotional problems.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Dan Dailey, Tony Randall
Votes: 231
67. Slave Ship (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 222
68. Moulin Rouge (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, Tullio Carminati, Helen Westley
Votes: 179
69. Dark Mirror (1984 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
After attorney Frank Girard is murdered, Detective Al Church (Vincent Gardenia) suspects that Ms. Leigh Cullen (Jane Seymour) is the perpetrator, as she was supposedly last seen with the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Vincent Gardenia, Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins, Hank Brandt
Votes: 164
70. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
71. Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.
Directors: George Marshall, Otto Preminger | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly, Peter Lorre, June Lang
Votes: 133
72. A Bedtime Story (1933)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanizing.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Edward Everett Horton, Adrienne Ames
Votes: 132
73. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
60 min | Drama
Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.
Stars: Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze
Votes: 123
74. The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
In a surprising twist, Jesse and Frank James come across as good guys as they go about their outlaw ways. Jesse is a devilish scoundrel with an eye for the ladies while Frank concerns himself with more practical matters.
Stars: Christopher Jones, Allen Case, David Richards, Robert J. Wilke
Votes: 107
75. Bus Stop (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Grace owns the Sunrise, Colorado bus stop. She, waitress Elma, Sheriff Will, and D.A. Glenn watch life through the stories which unfold as passengers enter and leave the small town.
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 105
76. How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Motherly Mike, ditzy but sexy Loco, and sensible Greta move to the big city to find themselves wealthy men to turn into husbands. After the first year Greta gets married with Gwen the new roommate in this syndicated series.
Stars: Merry Anders, Barbara Eden, Lori Nelson, Jimmy Cross
Votes: 99
77. Love Under Fire (1937)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
During the Spanish Civil War, a detective from Scotland Yard falls in love with a woman he had believed to be a jewel thief.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Frances Drake, Walter Catlett
Votes: 96
78. The Country Doctor (1936)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for delivering his services in a lumber town until he delivers the Dionne quintuplets.
Director: Henry King | Stars: The Dionne Quintuplets, Yvonne Dionne, Cecile Dionne, Marie Dionne
Votes: 93
79. Rough House Rosie (1927)
66 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A poor but ambitious young girl is determined to crash high society, but isn't prepared for the reception she receives.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Clara Bow, Reed Howes, Arthur Housman, Doris Hill
Votes: 35
80.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
Episode:
Society Mother
(1957)
Comedy, Romance
The girls get into hot water when they sneak into the swanky "Yacht Club" and meet eligible millionaires under the pretense of being rich society women.
Director: Daniel Dare | Stars: Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, Barbara Eden, Charles Cooper
Votes: 11
81.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Sea Island Story
(1958)
25 min | Comedy, Romance
Greta Hanson, a production assistant on the TV Quiz Show, "Go For Broke" uses her influence to get her best friend and comic book expert, Loco Jones booked on the program as a contestant in... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Dare | Stars: Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, Barbara Eden, Tom Brown
Votes: 10
82.
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
Episode:
Fred Allen's Sketchbook
(1954)
30 min | Drama
Fred Allen narrates three comedy stories.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Fred Allen, Nita Talbot, Ernest Truex, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 9
83.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
Episode:
Guest with a Gun
(1958)
Comedy, Romance
Mike and Gwen are held hostage in their penthouse by a jewel thief.
Director: Daniel Dare | Stars: Barbara Eden, Merry Anders, Lisa Gaye, Gerald Mohr
Votes: 9
84.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
Episode:
Loco Leaves Home
(1958)
Comedy, Romance
After fouling up the ladies' plans to snag a bachelor, Loco decides its best she moves out.
Director: Daniel Dare | Stars: Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, Barbara Eden, Tod Griffin
Votes: 8
85. Mlle. Irene the Great (1931)
Short, Comedy
Al's in a tough spot when he finds out his fiancee's family are circus people. Things get complicated when Mom starts hallucinating that she's seeing the lions from her old circus act during the wedding.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Al St. John, Aileen Cook, Grace Tyson, Tom Smith
Votes: 7
86. Something's Got to Give (1962)
37 min | Short, Comedy | Announced
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse, Tom Tryon
87. Mama Loves Papa (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a new female acquaintance.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Lilyan Tashman, George Barbier
88. 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936)
Not Rated | 15 min | Documentary, Short
Jimmy Fiddler takes viewers on a tour of the newly formed Fox Studios, showing all departments, writers, producers, technicians, and actors at work.
Stars: Astrid Allwyn, Warner Baxter, Irving Berlin, Lou Breslow
89.
Bus Stop (1961–1962)
Episode:
Cry to Heaven
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Sunrise resident Claire Perkins travels to New York City to become a famous writer. There she becomes involved with producer Oren Dunning and his theatrical friends who are all poised to ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Conte
90.
The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966)
Episode:
Manhunt
(1965)
30 min | Western
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Christopher Jones, Allen Case, John Marley, Zeme North
91.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
Woman in the Window
(1955)
Drama
A reserved college professor is fascinated by the portrait of a woman that hangs near his mens' club. While admiring the picture one day, he happens to meet its gorgeous blonde subject. ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Montgomery, Robert Preston, Maria Riva
92.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Clothes Make the Man
(1957)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A mousy little button salesman gets thrown out of his hotel when it is taken over by a new chain, because he wore outlandish clothes.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: John Close, Hans Conried, Hume Cronyn, Russell Hicks
93.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Humphrey Bogart
(1971)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Brooks, Art Buchwald